Chapter 101, 11 verses
The terrible calamity!
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. The Calamity!
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ الْقَارِعَةُ
What is the terrible calamity!
What is the Calamity ?
مَا الْقَارِعَةُ
And what will make you comprehend what the terrible calamity is?
Ah, what will convey unto thee what the Calamity is!
وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا الْقَارِعَةُ
The day on which men shall be as scattered moths,
A day wherein mankind will be as thickly - scattered moths
يَوْمَ يَكُونُ النَّاسُ كَالْفَرَاشِ الْمَبْثُوثِ
And the mountains shall be as loosened wool.
And the mountains will become as carded wool.
وَتَكُونُ الْجِبَالُ كَالْعِهْنِ الْمَنفُوشِ
Then as for him whose measure of good deeds is heavy,
Then, as for him whose scales are heavy (with good works),
فَأَمَّا مَن ثَقُلَتْ مَوَازِينُهُ
He shall live a pleasant life.
He will live a pleasant life.
فَهُوَ فِي عِيشَةٍ رَّاضِيَةٍ
And as for him whose measure of good deeds is light,
But as for him whose scales are light,
وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَفَّتْ مَوَازِينُهُ
His abode shall be the abyss.
A bereft and Hungry One will be his mother,
فَأُمُّهُ هَاوِيَةٌ
And what will make you know what it is?
Ah, what will convey unto thee what she is! -
وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا هِيَهْ
A burning fire.
Raging Fire.
نَارٌ حَامِيَةٌ